Rise/run – in going from one point to another in Cartesian coordinate system, the run is the change in x and the rise is the change in y.

 

Slope – the slope of a ratio is rise/run.

 

Slope-intercept form – an equation of the form y = mx + b, were m and b are constants, is in slope-intercept form.

 

The constant m is the slope.

 

The constant b is the y-intercept